U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft - WPC


WWII Construction

The Coast Guard bought 230 new wooden-hulled patrol craft during WWII, all of the same type and size (83 feet in length and 76 tons in displacement) and all built in a single yard - Wheeler Shipbuilding, in Brooklyn NY.  Wheeler built a second yard for wartime construction of other types of vessels, close to where the Whitestone Bridge is now.  After the war, most of these boats were transferred to overseas navies.  Additional details of their dispositions will be added later.

Shipbuilder Location Original # Later # Cost ($000) Delivery Disposition
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 450 83300 42 1941 Sold 1962
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 451 83301 42 1941 Lost in typhoon off Okinawa 1945
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 452 83302 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 453 83303 42 1941 Sold 1959
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 454 83304 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 455 83305 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 456 83306 42 1941 Lost in typhoon off Okinawa 1945
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 457 83307 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 458 83308 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 459 83309 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 460 83310 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 461 83311 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 462 83312 42 1941 Sold 1961
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 463 83313 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 464 83314 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 465 83315 42 1941 To Peru 1944 as CS 1
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 466 83316 42 1941 To Cuba 1943
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 467 83317 42 1941 To Cuba 1943
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 468 83318 42 1941 Destroyed at Subic Bay 1945
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 469 83319 42 1941 Destroyed at Subic Bay 1945
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 470 83320 42 1941 Scuttled 1962
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 471 83321 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 472 83322 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 473 83323 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 474 83324 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 475 83325 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 476 83326 42 1941  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 477 83327 42 1942 Sold 1963
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 478 83328 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 479 83329 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 480 83330 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 481 83331 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 482 83332 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 483 83333 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 484 83334 42 1942 Sold 1960
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 485 83335 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 486 83336 42 1942  
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 487 83337 42 1942 Scuttled 1963
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 488 83338 42 1942 To Peru 1944 as CS 2
Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 489 83339 42